Lawsuit Claims Jail Filmed Naked DUI Suspects

The worn bars in the cell block are seen at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay, August 11, 2011. Seventy-seven years ago on August 11, 1934, a group of federal prisoners classified as "most dangerous" arrived at the new high-security penitentiary designed to hold the most dangerous prisoners in the US penal system, especially those with a penchant for escape attempts. In r 20, 1969, a group of Native Americans called United Indians of All Tribes, mostly college students from San Francisco, occupied the island to protest federal policies related to American Indians. During the 29 years it was in use, the jail held such notable criminals as Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, Bumpy Johnson, Rafael Cancel Miranda, member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party who attacked the United States Capitol building in 1954, Mickey Cohen, Arthur R. "Doc" Barker and Alvin Karpis (who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate). Today, the island's facilities are operated by the National Park Service as part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area; it is open to tours. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

(CBS Seattle) — A lawsuit filed today claims police in Puyallup recorded female DUI suspects while they undressed in a jail bathroom, according to several media outlets.

Seattle attorney James Egan filed the suit Thursday, saying the suspects were recorded using the jail’s surveillance cameras and that attractive women seemed to be recorded more often than others. Many of the women did not know they were being recorded until Egan contacted them. According to KING 5, one of the women became suspicious when a jail guard pointed out she had not taken off her underwear as she was changing into a standard-issue jail uniform.

Egan said he became suspicious two years ago when two of his DUI suspects at the Puyallup jail were told to undress even though they were not booked and were about to be released, KING reported. The lawsuit includes eleven women and one man. Egan said the women were ordered to use the bathroom and change in cells where video cameras were present, while men were typically allowed to change behind a curtained area.

At a news conference Thursday afternoon, a Puyallup police spokesman said the lawsuit is “completely meritless” and that officers are following “standard jail practices,” KIRO reported. Puyallup City Attorney Kevin Yamamoto told KING 5 Egan’s claims are “not true at all” and said Egan “cherrypicked” videos to support his claim.